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Greece Is Preparing Social Media Ban for Children Under 15
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (111+ words) Greece Is Preparing Social Media Ban for Children Under 15Bloomberg Law News Greece will soon propose a social media ban for anyone under 15 years old, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. "The evidence is unambiguous," he said at a Bloomberg event in…...
Spain Aligns Tax Law with Corporate Reality for Property Groups
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (851+ words) The Spanish Supreme Court issued a judgment last month providing greater flexibility for business owners to structure their real estate and reduce local wealth and estate taxes. The decision resolves a longstanding dispute between taxpayers and the Spanish tax authorities…...
Airbnb and San Francisco Agree to Settle $120 Million Tax Claim
1+ week, 3+ day ago (100+ words) Airbnb and San Francisco Agree to Settle $120 Million Tax Claim'Bloomberg Law News Vacation rental company Airbnb Inc. won't get the $120 million it said it was overtaxed by the city of San Francisco, according to a settlement agreement announced Thursday. The…...
Europe Approves French Clean Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits
2+ week, 3+ day ago (212+ words) Europe Approves French Clean Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits'Bloomberg Law News The European Commission has approved a French 1.1 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) plan to use tax credits to encourage companies to invest in clean-technology manufacturing capacity. The plan encourages investments in France to…...
Poland Plans Social Media Ban for Kids in Challenge to US Tech
2+ week, 4+ day ago (126+ words) Poland is moving ahead with a new legislation that would ban social media for children under 15 years old, setting the stage for a potential battle with some of the biggest US tech companies. Poland is moving ahead with a new…...
Ryanair Slashes Spanish Flights in Battle Over Airport Taxes
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (253+ words) Ryanair Holdings Plcis sharply cutting back its flying plans to Spain, removing about 16% of its winter capacity to one of Europe's busiest tourist markets in a dispute over higher airport fees. Ryanair Holdings Plcis sharply cutting back its flying plans…...
Spain Pledges to Hand Tax Powers to Catalan Regional Government
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (112+ words) Spain is taking a major step towards a politically controversial handover of tax-income collection in Catalonia to the regional government. Spain is taking a major step towards a politically controversial handover of tax-income collection in Catalonia to the regional government....
Extreme Heat Is Killing Europe’s Workers Despite New Laws (4)
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (169+ words) Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m. on June 28. The Spanish city was under alert for high temperatures amid a brutal heat wave that brought record temperatures for that…...
Spanish Court Tosses 10 Million Euro Audit Fine Against Deloitte
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (220+ words) The Supreme Court of Spain upheld an appeal by Deloitte, overturning a 10.4 million euro ($12 million) fine against the Big Four accounting firm for its audit work for Spanish lender Bankia in 2011 ahead of an initial public offering. The Supreme Court…...
SkyWest Defeats Flight Attendants’ Faulty Wage Statement Claims
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (147+ words) SkyWest Airlines Inc. defeated allegations that it provided flight attendants with inaccurate wage statements after the workers failed to show they had standing to pursue the claims. SkyWest Airlines Inc. defeated allegations that it provided flight attendants with inaccurate wage…...